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Free Public Transport on Christmas Day (All Day) and New Years Eve (after 6pm) - VIC

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Free Public Transport on Christmas Day (All Day) and New Years Eve (after 6pm) - VIC
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crazynic on 16/12/2016 - 09:57 ptv.vic.gov.au (764 clicks)
Last edited 01/01/2017 - 00:56 by 1 other user

Public transport will be free across Victoria on Christmas Day and after 6pm on New Year’s Eve.

On Christmas Day, public transport across the state will be free all day, allowing everyone to leave the car at home and enjoy Christmas celebrations with family and friends.

All night public transport and free Zone 1 + 2 travel from 6pm New Year’s Eve until 6am on New Year’s Day will mean that revellers will not have to cut their celebrations short, as metropolitan public transport will run all night.

On New Year’s Eve, travel on V/Line will be free for passengers who touch on between 6pm, Saturday, 31 December 2016 and 6am Sunday, 1 January 2017.

Travel is also free on the first timetabled service departing Melbourne on Sunday, 1 January 2017 for V/Line services to non-myki areas in regional Victoria.

Passengers do not need to travel with a valid myki during periods of free travel, and if they do accidentally touch on they will not be charged a fare.

Timetable and service information for Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve will be available soon.

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  • mbck on 16/12/2016 - 10:04
    +1

    who would want to work on christmas day anyway….

    • altomic on 16/12/2016 - 10:25
      +19

      Santa….

      • onetwothreefour on 16/12/2016 - 11:19

        He doesn't he only work on Christmas eve?

        • altomic on 16/12/2016 - 11:40
          +9

          International Time zones dude.

    • King Steuart on 16/12/2016 - 11:39
      +1

      I'm working 14 hours on Christmas day but I'll be home between 7:30am and 4:30pm 😀

    • MATTDAMON on 16/12/2016 - 12:21
      +10

      214 bucks per hour that's why.

      • lyl-Lychee on 31/12/2016 - 18:59

        The drivers?! :O

    • Tal_Shiar on 16/12/2016 - 12:39
      +1

      a lot of people, now Christmas Day is a public holiday

  • mycar mypetrol on 16/12/2016 - 10:05
    +11

    Nearly fell off my chair thinking this was for Sydney.

    • Caped Baldy on 16/12/2016 - 10:55
      +7

      That's crazy talk. Reasonably priced public transport even for a day won't happen.

    • mycar mypetrol on 16/12/2016 - 19:08
      +4

      Should've gone to specsavers

    • marquise on 31/12/2016 - 19:30

      So this kind of thing doesn't happen in Sydney?

  • Sage on 16/12/2016 - 10:13
    +2

    In before anyone says this isn't a deal.

    • onetwothreefour on 16/12/2016 - 11:20

      This isn't a deal.

      • King Steuart on 16/12/2016 - 13:20

        You ruined the flow to JV dude.. ruined it.

    • hawkers8905 on 16/12/2016 - 12:02
      +1

      Perhaps people don't have such a long term memory as you and need prompting each year!

      • Tal_Shiar on 16/12/2016 - 12:39

        jv needs prompting every year alright…

  • Looking4Bargians on 16/12/2016 - 10:43
    +1

    What do to do apart from going to office (if you are working) on Xmas day. Everything will be closed.

    • daydream on 16/12/2016 - 10:55
      +3

      Enjoy being able to walk around without the crowds, the parks, bbq, getting on a CBD tram withouth being crushed, etc,
      Mainly to support travel to Christmas parties/visiting family and friends not necessarily CBD shopping.

    • hell0 on 16/12/2016 - 12:07
      +2

      The casino will be open. Imagine turning that $7 ticket saving into a $70 000 pokies win!

      • BigLeviathan on 16/12/2016 - 15:56
        -1

        And imagine turning that back to -$1000 for over estimating the power of gambling…

        • hell0 on 16/12/2016 - 20:21
          +2

          …and then into $1 000 000! What a Christmas day that would be!

  • daydream on 16/12/2016 - 10:51

    Free fireworks too! ;-)

  • hluu0111 on 16/12/2016 - 10:56
    +2

    Good chance to teach the kids how to use public transport

    • kiitos on 17/12/2016 - 09:55
      +3

      Except when they later try to use it, and get nailed up for fare evasion! :)

  • Eeples on 16/12/2016 - 11:03

    My experiences of trams in Melbourne is that the locals treat all trams as being in the 'free zone' and the only ones that are tapping on and off are tourists.

    • Mechz on 16/12/2016 - 11:15
      +4

      I always tap on because I rarely use them and you never know when the SS are patrolling.

      • King Tightarse on 16/12/2016 - 11:18

        Exactly. Is either a $4 fare or four uniformed freaks crash-tackling some poor bastard to the ground

    • jotay on 16/12/2016 - 11:17
      +1

      That's not true. There are always bad hats around anywhere and not everyone is dishonest!

      • Eeples on 16/12/2016 - 11:37
        -3

        Of course it is true; it is my experience.

        The 'free zone' was introduced because the govt gave up trying to police the amount of evasion. Although they wouldn't admit it.

        Next time you are on a tram to St Kilda for example; just count the numbers of ppl that don't tap off.

        • hawkers8905 on 16/12/2016 - 12:01
          +7

          You only need to tap off a tram if you cross between zones. CBD to St Kilda is all within Zone 1 so no tap off required. However, that is assuming they tapped on (even in the free zone) knowing they were going to be going that far.

        • Thundaja on 16/12/2016 - 12:26
          +1

          Personally, I have a Myki pass so I'll always tap on, but never off. Much faster, especially when getting off a bus.

        • ascorbic on 16/12/2016 - 14:26
          +5

          So it's people like you who delay the tram by unnecessarily touching off in zone 1. Of course the only ones touching off from a 96 are the tourists - locals should know better.

        • callum9999 on 16/12/2016 - 14:43
          +3

          I rarely tap off anything unless there are fare gates. If I'm using Myki I'm invariably going to make at least 2 journeys in one day - activating the daily cap. There doesn't seem to be any incentive to tap off in that scenario (I'm never "fined" for it - it just registers the maximum fare which I should be paying anyway).

    • Tal_Shiar on 16/12/2016 - 12:41

      most of the CBD is a free tram zone, so it is only tourists tapping on and off because they are the people blocking the flow of people on and off the tram

    • lainey13 on 16/12/2016 - 14:59
      +4

      With a pass you do not have to tap anything, if the pass is valid the ticket is valid no matter what state of tapped on/offness. Been checked multiple times by inspectors and it was fine with a valid pass and not tapped on. Tapping on/off just slows the passenger flow.

      • jjjaar on 16/12/2016 - 18:57

        I even asked an inspector and they confirmed that if you don't tap on but your pass is active, you won't be fined.

        That being said, on trains if your exit is a gated station, you will have to see staff to exit (making it harder for you). On teams and buses, no issue.

        • tastycheeks on 17/12/2016 - 00:56
          +1

          So if I have a valid myki pass that hasn't expired, I don't have to tap on, but I still have to make sure I have it with me to not get fined?

        • jjjaar on 17/12/2016 - 19:53
          +1

          @tastycheeks: yes, exactly.

  • JDM4LIFE on 16/12/2016 - 11:36
    +3

    Does this include the airport line as well?

    • lebrongarnet on 16/12/2016 - 11:37
      +1

      :'(

    • Looking4Bargians on 16/12/2016 - 12:42
      +4

      not even in year 2116 Christmas day.

    • kaitoivan on 16/12/2016 - 17:07
      +7

      Sure bro, at Platform 9¾

    • ThirdRonnie on 17/12/2016 - 10:49
      +1

      What Airport Line? It's the monopoly Skybus for Melbourne airport. Did I hear they were having another price-hike just in time for Christmas?

      Of course, there's the 901 bus to Broadmeadows station, but a bit "round the world"

    • King Steuart on 16/12/2016 - 14:55
      +4

      Your sentence starts off well but derails faster than a train in a Michael Bay movie.

      • thelastnoob on 16/12/2016 - 19:41
        -3

        2016 has a record temperature drop in 2nd half of the year

        "But, professor Judith Curry, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and president of the Climate Forecast Applications Network, disagrees.

        She told the Mail on Sunday: “I disagree with Gavin. The record warm years of 2015 and 2016 were primarily caused by the super El Nino.”

        She said evidence suggested the rate of global warming had ben slower since 1998 until the 2015 El Nino.

        She believes science needs to wait at least another five years before it can be assessed which is more responsible for temperature rises - the natural El Nino, or man-made emissions."

        Next scam is to say man made El Niño
        I was downvoted by left wing fanatical Hillary loving social justice warriors

        • King Steuart on 16/12/2016 - 21:31
          +2

          How sweet your world must be.

        • Diji1 on 01/01/2017 - 01:26
          -1

          http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Judith_Curry

          Another idiot cherry picking results to suit their political outlook of the world. Holds a degree in Geography so obviously she gets climate science better than people with degrees in that.

        • thelastnoob on 01/01/2017 - 03:23

          @Diji1:
          If you were logically correct it would mean it was impossible for me to understand legal, technical and child safety matters better than a qualified judge, independent children's lawyer and many police officers and detectives.

  • yycan on 16/12/2016 - 11:45
    +4

    Also free public transport in Canberra on Christmas day (for the 1000 people that are in Canberra on the day).

  • MATTDAMON on 16/12/2016 - 12:22
    -2

    All aboard the loser cruiser!

  • Gavman on 16/12/2016 - 12:24
    -2

    Not really a freebie. It's like saying the free tram zone is a freebie

    • Tal_Shiar on 16/12/2016 - 12:43
      +4

      scratches head the free tram zone is in the city only..

  • Garagesale on 16/12/2016 - 12:37
    -1

    ppl still paying for melb trams?
    im not paying till they bring back conductors

    • King Steuart on 16/12/2016 - 14:56

      What do the AO's think of that?

    • wkd on 01/01/2017 - 00:16

      they have a crap load of inspectors now

  • Polde on 16/12/2016 - 13:20

    Here's hoping Perth does something similar

  • Yankyviking on 16/12/2016 - 15:09

    And plus you get complimentary body sweat smell !

  • rgr on 31/12/2016 - 23:51

    it'll be amazing any of the trains run on time or aren't faulty

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